Duplicate memorandum or sales slip



(Model J. H. FRINK.

DUPLICATE MEMORANDUM OR SALES SLIP.

Patented N 6, 1883.

INVENTO/i ff Attorney hl'llED Smarts arnwr @rries.

' JOHN H. FRINK, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

DUPLICATE MEMORANDUM OR SALES SLlP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,048, dated November 6, 1883.

Application filed January 12, 1883. (MoilclJ To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

, Be it known that 1, JOHN H. FRINK, of Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Duplicate Memorandum or Sales Slips; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled'in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

- My invention consists in the combination of devices and appliances hereinafter specified, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, of a device embodying my invention.

My invention has for its object the construction of a book or block of paper for. use by merchants and others where it is desirable to have all memoranda made in duplicate, both being capable of ready removal-as, for instance, one for the cashier and one for the customer.

A represents the ordinary cover, adapted for use with the blocks.

A is an end piece or fly for securing the block in place by a rubber band or equivalent, A".

B represents the paper leaves, perforated along the two lines b and I). These leaves are all blocked and united at B, and upon the top is a carbon sheet, either blocked onto said leaves.

or laid upon the samaand held in place by the end piece, A, and'rubber Aflwith or without a thin paper covering or protection, B This carbon sheet and its covering are both made permanent with a blockof paper, so as always to be ready and in place. To employ this feature of the device it is simply necessary to ,7 pass the head of the block B beneath the fly,

A". Now, when a memorandum-as, for instance, of goods'sold-is tobe made,the lower or free end of the top leaf is folded over on the line 6 onto the carbon sheet, as shown in Fig. 2. The memorandum is then made with alea-dpencil in the usual manner, andthe copy is formed on the underneath portion of the same sheet. Both pieces are then ripped off along the perforated lines I) and b, and the carbon sheet is left in proper position for the next memorandum.

It is apparent that neither the carbon sheet nor the memorandum-sheets can become displaced by severing the leaves from the stub at the head of the block, and when the block has been used up a new one can be inserted in the cover A. This construction obviates the necessity of a separate fly on the cover for holding the carbon paper, and also overcomes effectually the liability of deranging the remaining sheets by drawing out, as heretofore.

The slips of paper may or may not be printed in the form of a blank to be filled out, and may be numbered as desired. This is appli cable as well to telegraph-blanks, shippingblanks, 850., as to salesmens blanks, and I would have it understood that my invention contemplates its use for such purposes.

0 is a memorandum leaf upon which the clerk may keep account of his sales. I prefer to hold this leaf in place, as shown, by means of flies A and A attached to the cover, and constructed to fold over the ends of the leaf, and adapted to be secured in place by rubbers or equivalents C6 and a. This construction holds the leaf in place securely.

It will be seen from the foregoing that all the fly-leaves of the sheetsthat is, the free ends of the sheets from the line of perforations b outward-lie in contact with each other, and that the flexible leather back extends the full length of the sheets, including the fly-leaves, and hence the entire batch of 1eaves,withtl1e flexible leather back, can be folded at the niddie of their length, thereby covering and protecting the sheets, and also the line of perforations b, so that the paper at this point will not become worn, torn, or soiled when carrying the book in the pocket.

It will be obvious that the carbon sheet is always in proper position to produce the copies without having to manipulate or adjust the same every time one sheet and its fly-leaf are removed, as heretofore in this class of books, it only being necessary in my invention to fold the fiy-lcaves of the sheets over upon the carbon sheet. Further, all the flyleaves fold over together uponthe carbon sheet when it is desired to carry the book in the pocket.

What I claim is- 1. Amemorandum-book for salesmen, com posed of the flexible back-piece A, the series of paper sheets providedwith the lines of perforations b b, and having one end secured to one end of the back, with the carbon sheet on top, the fly-leaves of the sheets from the line of perforations b outward alllying in contact with each other, and all adapted to fold over the carbon sheet with one end of the flexible back, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A memorandunrbo0k consisting of the series of sheets provided with the lines of perforations I) b and a carbon sheet on top, anda flexible back extending the full length of the sheets and having one end turned around in the form of a fly, A, which is confined down upon the paper and carbon sheets by an elastic band, the fly-leaves of the sheets from the line of perforations b' outward all resting directly against each other, and with one end of the flexible back adapted to fold over the carbon leaf, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a block of memorandum-paper perforated along the lines I) and flies A and A, and in connection therewith elastic bands, wherewith said flies may be firmly held in place, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN H. FRINK.

Witnesses: I

N. S. W IGHT, A. E. INGLIS. 

